Purdue's Ronnie Johnson (3) looks up after diving for a loose ball during Thursday night's game.

Written by

Jeff Washburn

Purdue's young basketball team was guilty of all of the above Thursday night, and also couldn't hold a six-point lead in the final 1:02 of regulation.

Add a flagrant foul called on DJ Byrd with 43.8 seconds remaining in the second half, and Villanova had just enough of an advantage to defeat the Boilermakers 89-81 in overtime. The Wildcats (3-0) also helped themselves by making 17 consecutive free throws at one point in the second half and in overtime. ...